Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah Quotes

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

Deceit is a tool of statecraft, " Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, " Paul said.

CHOAM is business and business follows profits.

Every man carries his own past with him, " Hayt said.

I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

Reason is the first victim of strong emotion, " Scytale murmured.

Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy.

I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.

What the eyes had seen could not be erased.

Wild Fremen said it well: "Four things cannot be hidden -- love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled.

You do not beg the sun for mercy.-Maud'dib's Travail from The Stilgar Commentary

And loyalty is a valued commodity. It can be sold . . . not bought, but sold.

One moment of incompetence can be fatal.

We will not run, " Paul said. "We'll move with dignity. We'll do what must be done.